Gursum, Somali (woreda)

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Gursum is one of the 47 woredas in the Somali Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Jijiga Zone, Gursum is bordered on the south by Babille, on the west by the Oromia Region, and on the north and east by Jijiga. [The OCHA map for the Somali Region fails to show this woreda; see [http://www.ocha-eth.org/Maps/downloadables/SOMALI.pdf Map of Somali Region at UN-OCHA] (PDF file)] The map of the Oromia Region published by Disaster Prevention and Disaster Agency shows that the territory of one of their woredas, Chenaksen, overlaps the northern half of Gursum. [ [http://www.dppc.gov.et/downloadable/map/administrative/Atlas_Oromiya.pdf Map of the Oromia Region] (PDF file)]

Information is not available on the towns and cities of this woreda. This woreda is primarily inhabited by the Darod clan of the Somali people.

Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 13,565, of whom 6,779 were males and 6,786 were females. Information is not available on the area of Gursum, so its density cannot be calculated. [ [http://www.csa.gov.et/text_files/2005_national_statistics.htm CSA 2005 National Statistics] , Table B.3. Rural population numbers are believed to be underreported for this Region.]

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